Dems ill-equipped to block Kavanaugh: Darcy cartoon

CLEVELAND, Ohio -- Democrats are going to build a grandstand from which they will try to block the confirmation of Brett Kavanaugh to the U.S. Supreme Court. But barring some previously unreported damning information on Kavanaugh coming out, President Trump's nominee will be confirmed, and should be.

Democrats need to all vote as a block and have a few Republicans come over to their side to stop Kavanaugh's confirmation, neither is likely to happen.

Despite Democrats attempt to demonize him, Kavanaugh came off great when Trump introduced him to the American public as his nominee.

Knowing full well what the Democrats attack points would be, Kavanaugh talked about the importance of women in his life and the lessons he learned on the importance of equality from his mother, as she, his father, his wife and his two young daughters looked on.

Kavanaugh mentioned how he serves as the CYO basketball coach for his daughter's team and how much they enjoyed attending a U.Conn women's basketball game.

He talked about how his mother teaching in Washington D.C. public schools taught him the importance of equality and diversity. He described how his mother went on to earn a law degree, become a prosecutor and a judge.

Kavanaugh said he has worked as a school tutor for struggling kids.

As a federal judge, he noted how he can hire three clerks a year, and that most of them have been women.

Kavanaugh even name dropped Justice Elena Kagan in his remarks.

Kavanaugh never wrote that the president is above the law.

Schumer is claiming Trump chose Kavanaugh because he is an advocate for strong executive powers and will protect Trump from Robert Mueller.

Democrats have pointed to past Kavanaugh judicial writings as evidence that he believes a president is above the law. That is not what Kavanaugh wrote.

Kavanaugh wrote that he had come to believe any prosecution, indictment, legal action against a president should be deferred until after the president is out of office. He wrote that the best mechanism for checking a president's wrongdoing was through the impeachment process.

While Kavanaugh wrote that legal action against a president should be deferred, he also noted there is no current law that requires that. He said Congress should pass such laws.

Kavanaugh said the question of whether a president can be indicted in office is debatable. That opinion is not shocking, it's held by many legal experts, Republican and Democrat, alike.

Robert Mueller reportedly is among those who believes a president cannot be indicted when in office.

Kavanaugh's view that a prosecution of a president should be diferred, is not one he always held.

As a member of Ken Starr's staff, Kavanaugh pushed for an aggressive prosecution of President Clinton. But after serving in the administration of President George W. Bush, Kavanaugh's opinion changed. He was more empathetic to how a prosecution could interfere with presidential duties.

Democrats will continue to argue that Kavanaugh's confirmation imperils Roe V Wade and reproductive rights. But there is only one case in Kavanaugh's record that is related to reproductive rights. And there is no record of Kavanaugh favoring overturning judicial precedents.

Did not Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg once question Roe V. Wade? I seem to recall Ginsburg once questioning if the court should have even considered Roe V Wade.

Not a low-energy Bush staffer.

"Low-Energy Jeb" was how Trump mocked President George W. Bush's brother during the 2016 campaign. But that didn't stop him from nominating Bush staffer Kavanaugh.

Another Bush staffer had a lot to do with the Kavanaugh choice, Trump White House Counsel Don McGahn.

Leonard Leo, Vice President of the Federalist Society, has been called the puppeteer behind Trump's court choices, but that narrative overlooks the influence of McGahn, also a Federalist Society member.

McGahn has long pushed for Kavanaugh to be considered for the Supreme Court, having worked with him in the Bush administration.

What were the Democrats thinking?

Schumer is talking a good game on blocking Kavanaugh now. But he also talked a good game when Kavanaugh was up for confirmation for his current judicial seat, and Kavanaugh was confirmed.

The same Red-State Democrats who voted for Gorsuch will likely also vote for Kavanaugh.

Democrats blew their chance to shape the make up of the Supreme Court when they blew the 2016 presidential election. They didn't care as much about picking Supreme Court justices as Republicans and Trump did.

Hillary Clinton and the Democrat voters stayed home when Trump was out on the campaign trail in places like Wisconsin and Michigan talking about naming U.S. Supreme Court Justices

Did Schumer and Pelosi really think Trump was going to nominate a moderate? Do they think if they blocked Kavanaugh, Trump would name a moderate?

The Democrats are going to make a lot of noise about blocking Kavanaugh, to appease party progressives ahead of midterms, knowing full well they won't stop Kavanaugh's confirmation.